The Use of Reporting & Data Analytic Tools for Making Data-Driven Management Decisions Marla M. Bell Associate Dean Coll. Of Science & Mathematics Kennesaw State University Charles C. Somerville Dean College of Science Marshall University John D. Griffin Dean Undergraduate Studies Arts & Sciences William & Mary
Undergraduate Program @ W&M Academic Semester: 6,400 students 32,000 seats 530 Instructors of Record 1,200 course sections 32 Departments & Programs Over 40 Majors & Minors
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Argos Enterprise Reporting Solution
COLL 100 Fall, 2015
Customized list of reports 8 Categories Class Information (4) College/Department Information (30) Current Majors (11) Enrollment Statistics (10) Faculty Information (2) Graduates by Major (4) Miscellaneous (1) Student Information (7)
Course Withdrawal Summary by Subject and Term
Course Withdrawal Summary by Subject and Term Controlling course access could save staffing up to six sections (25% Instructor Assignment & 3 GA Assignments)
Enrollment Summary by College/Department/Level of Courses
Enrollment Summary by College/Department/Level of Courses
Faculty Course History
Faculty Course History
Faculty Course History 607
Student Course History List w/gpa, Hours Earned, and Current Course Schedule
Student Course History List w/gpa, Hours Earned, and Current Course Schedule
Student Course History List w/gpa, Hours Earned, and Current Course Schedule
Student Course History List w/gpa, Hours Earned, and Current Course Schedule This page also includes: degree sought (expected) graduation date probation/suspension history standardized test scores deficit points declared race/ethnicity permanent address email/telephone contacts
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Kennesaw State University Fall 2015 Total enrollment: >33,000 Total degree programs: >150 Georgia s third largest university, KSU is designated as a comprehensive university. 18 NCAA Division I athletic teams including football (Fall 2015)
KSU Enrollment 34,000 32,000 30,000 28,000 26,000 24,000 22,000 20,000 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015
College of Science and Mathematics 2 Gen Ed Mathematics courses and 2 Gen Ed Science courses for every KSU undergraduate. Service courses for majors in other colleges such as Early Childhood Education Math and Science courses Nursing Anatomy and Physiology courses Mathematics and Physics courses to support Engineering majors 8 Undergrad Majors of our own including the BS in Biology (over 1800 declared majors) with 10 tracks and substantial pipeline issues 3 MS degrees and 1 PhD
Our Past Scheduling Practices Check what we did in the most recent two like terms: numbers of sections and seats offered and occupied. Try to build in the growth projected by the university. CSM was reasonably good at this low tech approach. But we were sometimes caught off guard by trends that we did not foresee.
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Ad Astra Products
Ad Astra Platinum Analytics In 2012, KSU began using EMS Campus software (in conjunction with Banner for the academic schedule) to help with campus space utilization. In 2013, we chose the Platinum Analytics tool from Ad Astra to help with our projective needs. That same year, in November, our merge with SPSU was announced. (for Fall 2015) We first used Ad Astra in Fall 2014.
Platinum Analytics Methods Ad Astra considers the following in their projections: Historical Baseline (last year) Historical Trend (last five years) Program Analysis (what do students need to complete their program) Predictive Program Analysis (when students have options, what are they most likely to choose)
Other Promises Ad Astra individualizes their product so other promises made to us were A look at preferences on time of day and day of week A simulated registration which should show where schedule conflicts are likely to occur An extensive look at utilization by campus
Progress Thus Far Progress was slowed substantially by the merge. Students Degree Works records have not yet been merged. Ad Astra could thus only use historical data for predictions. They had to spend significant amounts of time trying to predict needed seats by campus.
Example 1: CHEM 1211 Kennesaw Campus: What Ad Astra Recommended
Example 1: CHEM 1211 Kennesaw Campus: End Result During planning, Ad Astra had recommended we would need 799 Gen. Chemistry I seats on the Kennesaw Campus. We ran out of seats before the first-year orientation season was 50% complete. We pushed our resources to the limit and offered 971 seats. Sections were 100% full, so this was not enough.
Example 2: MATH 1190 Marietta Campus: What Ad Astra Recommended
Example 2: MATH 1190 Marietta Campus: End Result During planning, Ad Astra had recommended we would need 467 Calculus I seats on the Marietta Campus. We ran out of seats before the first-year orientation season was 50% complete. We pushed our resources to the limit and offered 723 seats. Sections were 100% full, so this was not enough.
First Look Overview for Spring 2016: Beware Following Blindly!
Apply What You Know and Use Recommendations with Caution The Ad Astra team are the first to tell us to use their information with caution. For example, after seeing the recommendations on the preceding page, we did decrease the seats we planned to offer in MATH 1101. We switched some instructors to MATH 1111, a course we knew was substantially underserved the previous term.
KSU Enrollment Management The EMS team at KSU is working to help the academic colleges understand and utilize Ad Astra. They deliver easier-to-read reports throughout the registration season. These reports keep track of how many seats we ve managed to offer and what Ad Astra recommends we do moving forward.
Takeaways Merging two universities does not make a difficult scheduling problem any easier. Ad Astra had to spend their time trying to get a handle on this issue. Students tended to go wherever the classes were offered. Campus predictions were further complicated by this unanticipated flexibility on their part. Predictions of seats needed were way too low! Something (the merge? football? ) made KSU suddenly more attractive than anyone could have anticipated.
Takeaways Use of past enrollment data is of only marginal benefit. Our College was already good at this. Actually, we were better than Ad Astra. For example, we realized the steady state of Physics seats for 5 years was due to lack of faculty. It did not mean we had a steady demand for Physics. We were nowhere near meeting the demand!
Takeaways The jury is still out We believe in the power of analytics. But we haven t yet seen that power fully harnessed by Ad Astra. If Ad Astra can mine Degree Works and identify the number of students who are ready and likely to take certain courses, then this will go a long way to helping us not be surprised by sudden demand shifts.
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